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I. MAKE A MAP OF THIS ESTATE.

1. A heritage of truth in the testimonies of God.

2. God's covenant is our heritage.

3. The greatest testimony of God in all the world is Jesus Christ; and we are complete in Him, He is all and in all to us.

II. TAKE POSSESSION OF THE ESTATE.

1. By a deliberate choice.

2. By faith — a personal grip.

3. By holy diligence.

III. CONSIDER THE HOLDING.

1. It is a perpetual holding. It is not dependent upon any one life; it is dependent upon three lives, and those three lives are the life of the Father, the life of the Son, and the life of the Holy Ghost; and they are all eternal, and so shall the joy and the wealth of every believer be. We have taken this inheritance for ever.

2. Sometimes we possess certain things which are ours, completely ours, but then they are not ours for ever, because they fade; but our inheritance will never fade or pass away.

3. There is no way of taking this heritage except taking it for ever. That conversion which is not radical and thorough is of no use.

IV. ENJOY THE POSSESSION. First, David had taken God's testimonies to be his possession, for they had made him glad; and, secondly, that was the reason why he took them to be his possession, because they made him glad.

( C. H. Spurgeon.)

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KJV: Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

WEB: I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.